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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">On April 29, 2013, a lawsuit was filed against the CIA for refusing to release documents related to US involvement in the 1979 assassination of South Korean President Park Chung-hee as well as US involvement in
his seizure of power in a 1961 military coup d’etat.<span> </span>Park ruled South Korea with an iron fist from 1961-1979, until he was assassinated by his own KCIA chief.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">This assassination follows a pattern of US involvement in the overthrow of governments in Iran (1953), Guatemala (1954), Brazil (1964), and Chile (1973).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">More than three years ago, Professor George Katsiaficas of Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston sought all relevant documents in two separate Freedom of Information Act requests. The CIA has stonewalled
his requests, compelling him to take legal action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">For decades now, a sizeable portion of public opinion in South Korea has believed that the US was behind this assassination after President Park outlived his usefulness to America interests. The assassin, Kim Jae-gyu
(former director of the Korean CIA), maintained that he was encouraged to kill Park by a former US ambassador. In the midst of the Gwangju Uprising of 1980, Kim was executed before he could make public his knowledge of the events leading up to Park’s assassination.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Later this month, Park Chung-hee’s daughter, Park Gun-hye—now president of South Korea—is expected to arrive in Washington to confer with US president Obama and address a joint session of Congress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">The lawsuit is attached here and can also be accessed at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><a href="http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php/20130423151755456" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php/20130423151755456</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">For more information, contact attorney Neil Berman at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Somerville, MA 02144<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">(617) 628-1563<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><a href="mailto:njberman2@juno.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">njberman2@juno.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">or George Katsiaficas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><a href="mailto:katsiaficasg@wit.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">katsiaficasg@wit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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